Just How Big Is the Enterprise's (Star Trek) Viewscreen?

pokerfan

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Sun May-24-09 11:30 PM
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Just How Big Is the Enterprise's (Star Trek) Viewscreen?

Using the combined knowledge of the Star Fleet Technical Manual and some screenshots of the episodes, I was able to determine that the screen is a 136-inch display with a 1.73:1 aspect ratio. That's actually smaller than the retina-searing 150-inch Panasonic plasma that we played with before.

http://gizmodo.com/5241562/just-how-big-is-the-enterprises-viewscreen

Now replace the captain's chair with an Eames Classic and you'll have something:

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LostInAnomie

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Sun May-24-09 11:31 PM
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1. The one on ST:TNG was HUGE

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pokerfan

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Sun May-24-09 11:33 PM
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2. Yeah, from the article...

But Picard isn't going to be showed up by 21st century technology. His glorious Enterprise D has a 212-inch screen with a 1.92:1 aspect ratio, which is big enough for Riker to jam chairs through while Picard's off in a fantasy land with Whoopi Goldberg. Nice job, Riker.

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